Surrey's Humuza Bazira (aka Humuzza) has danced his way to another world final of the Red Bull Dance Your Style event competition.
Bazira will rep Canada in Los Angeles this fall after winning the Canadian regional dance-off Friday (Sept. 5) at Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
The crowd-judged, all‑styles competition involved 16 street dancers including Bazira, 22, a hip-hop “popper" who was schooled at Sullivan Heights Secondary and appeared on Canada’s Got Talent in 2024.
Now a two-time winner of the Canadian dance event, Bazira earned a trip to the 2022 Red Bull world finals in Johannesburg, South Africa, placing fourth on the international stage.
“I had an amazing time competing (in Vancouver)," he said over the weekend. "Everything from the music to the audience to the venue made it a night I’ll never forget. My goal was to have fun and be myself unapologetically, and I’m happy to say I was able to do that, and even walked away with the win.”
As a Dance Your Style ambassador, Bazira was allowed to skip qualifiers and head straight to nationals at the Commodore.
"It's a really fun event, probably one of the best crowds of all events I've been to, because the crowd is so involved and it's always a good time, always great energy, great positivity," Bazira said in a phone call pre-competition.
He's excited to dance in Los Angeles this fall.
"The Worlds is in a really cool place, at the (NBA) Clippers arena, Intuit Dome, which is gonna be so fun," he said. "There's thousands of seats there and I know the energy is gonna be amazing. I'm super excited to see how that will look."
Bazira has been dancing for close to eight years now, starting at Sullivan Heights, and has also entered the world of acting on shows including Fire Country and Tracker.
"Dance is 100 per cent my life, and acting," he said. "I am full-time dancing all the time, 365 days a year, definitely my profession. I've danced on TV shows, movies, perform around the world.… I love art in all forms and I think acting is so similar to dancing. I'm really enjoying the journey of bringing the two together."
The 15 other dancers at the national event in Vancouver were Bibz, Nfinite, Isaiah Peck, Chantelle Mostacho, Prince Django, C.A.L.M., Professor WORD, Sunny, Romy, Kayla, Rahmane, King Mars, Jamal, Rajan and Sleepless.
